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Untiring Sentinels of the Coming Kingdom

Simplicity and stability, as with solitude and silence, constitute the conditions within which the Carthusian seeks God.

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The Small Origins of Big Things

The religion that stole over the decrepit Roman Empire and turned its dross into golden filaments of faith was the greatest big thing from small…

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The News You May Have Missed: September 2024

Religion of Terror... Husker Heaven... Gravitas in a Bikini?... Avenger’s Endgame... Desperately Seeking Exposure... The Happy Humanoid... more

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In The News

MORNING MUST-READS
Pope opens Synod, warns against personal ‘agendas’

Says all must listen to others & to 'the voice of the Lord'

Francis defends inclusion of non-bishops at Synod

And Cdl. Fernández gives qualified ‘no’ to women deacons

Opus Dei & Spanish bishop fight over Marian shrine

St. Escrivá was given administration of it 'in perpetuity'

GA bishop responds to court’s nixing of pro-life law

Urges mothers to 'go to any Catholic church' for help

El Paso bishop Seitz thanks Biden admin. & Congress

For resettling 100,000 'refugees' in 2024 fiscal year

Pentagon gave 14 universities at least $100M each in '22

For weapons development; Johns Hopkins alone got $1.4B

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Pope opens Synod, warns against personal ‘agendas’

Says all must listen to others & to 'the voice of the Lord'

Francis defends inclusion of non-bishops at Synod

And Cdl. Fernández gives qualified ‘no’ to women deacons

Opus Dei & Spanish bishop fight over Marian shrine

St. Escrivá was given administration of it 'in perpetuity'

GA bishop responds to court’s nixing of pro-life law

Urges mothers to 'go to any Catholic church' for help

El Paso bishop Seitz thanks Biden admin. & Congress

For resettling 100,000 'refugees' in 2024 fiscal year

Pentagon gave 14 universities at least $100M each in '22

For weapons development; Johns Hopkins alone got $1.4B

VIEW ARCHIVE

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Biblical Scholarship & Controversies

Which Church Is the Real Bible Church?... The Jesus Seminar: Making Uncomplicated Things Complicated... The Ineffectual Jesus of the Jesus Seminar... more

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Ecumenism & Ecumania

A Trialogue With C.S. Lewis, Martin Luther & Thomas Aquinas… The Catch-22 of Ecumenical Relations With Evangelicals… and more

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Neoconservatism

Delusions of Grandeur... A Pox On Both Your Houses... What Is a Neoconservative & Does It Matter?... and more

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Beneath the Surface

By James Hanink
October 3rd 2024 11:17 AM

Hannah Arendt contended, and controversially, that the source of what she called “the banality of evil” is that people simply don’t, and won’t, think. The…

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We Are Not Alone

By John M. Grondelski
October 2nd 2024 11:47 AM

October 2 is the feast of the Guardian Angels. I hold a particular devotion to the Guardian Angels. Angels, after all, testify to a certain…

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The Final Quarter (and Not in Football)

By John M. Grondelski
September 30th 2024 9:23 PM

October 1 marks the start of the fourth and final quarter of 2024. In 90 days, we will be celebrating New Year’s Day and making…

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Pope St. John Paul II

Kindred Spirits, Fellow Victors... The Pope as Playwright... Neither East nor West: On the Pope's Radical New Encyclical... and more

St. John Henry Cardinal Newman

The Two Worlds of John Henry Newman… Newman's Advice to Anglo-Catholics… Newman’s Prophetic Challenge to Clericalism…

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The Catholic Dramatist in a Protestant Land... An Academic Undoes the Renaissance... Shelter From the Storm... more

Stand up and defend your faith.

Culture is shifting, but you can count on The New Oxford Review for an unwavering Catholic point of view. The message of the Church is easily muddled in today’s increasingly hostile, secular culture. We understand what’s coming at you, and we have articles and resources to help you defend your faith and grow in your understanding of Catholic teachings.

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Front & Center

Untiring Sentinels of the Coming Kingdom

Simplicity and stability, as with solitude and silence, constitute the conditions within which the Carthusian seeks God.

READ ARTICLE
The Small Origins of Big Things

The religion that stole over the decrepit Roman Empire and turned its dross into golden filaments of faith was the greatest big thing from small…

READ ARTICLE
The News You May Have Missed: September 2024

Religion of Terror... Husker Heaven... Gravitas in a Bikini?... Avenger’s Endgame... Desperately Seeking Exposure... The Happy Humanoid... more

READ ARTICLE

In The News

MORNING MUST-READS
Pope opens Synod, warns against personal ‘agendas’

Says all must listen to others & to 'the voice of the Lord'

Francis defends inclusion of non-bishops at Synod

And Cdl. Fernández gives qualified ‘no’ to women deacons

Opus Dei & Spanish bishop fight over Marian shrine

St. Escrivá was given administration of it 'in perpetuity'

GA bishop responds to court’s nixing of pro-life law

Urges mothers to 'go to any Catholic church' for help

El Paso bishop Seitz thanks Biden admin. & Congress

For resettling 100,000 'refugees' in 2024 fiscal year

Pentagon gave 14 universities at least $100M each in '22

For weapons development; Johns Hopkins alone got $1.4B

VIEW ARCHIVE
Pope opens Synod, warns against personal ‘agendas’

Says all must listen to others & to 'the voice of the Lord'

Francis defends inclusion of non-bishops at Synod

And Cdl. Fernández gives qualified ‘no’ to women deacons

Opus Dei & Spanish bishop fight over Marian shrine

St. Escrivá was given administration of it 'in perpetuity'

GA bishop responds to court’s nixing of pro-life law

Urges mothers to 'go to any Catholic church' for help

El Paso bishop Seitz thanks Biden admin. & Congress

For resettling 100,000 'refugees' in 2024 fiscal year

Pentagon gave 14 universities at least $100M each in '22

For weapons development; Johns Hopkins alone got $1.4B

VIEW ARCHIVE

The Narthex

The New Oxford Blog

Beneath the Surface

October 3rd 2024 11:17 AM

Hannah Arendt contended, and controversially, that the source of what she called “the banality of evil” is that people simply…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

We Are Not Alone

October 2nd 2024 11:47 AM

October 2 is the feast of the Guardian Angels. I hold a particular devotion to the Guardian Angels. Angels, after…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

The Final Quarter (and Not in Football)

September 30th 2024 9:23 PM

October 1 marks the start of the fourth and final quarter of 2024. In 90 days, we will be celebrating…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST
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Topics

From the NOR Dossiers
Biblical Scholarship & Controversies

Which Church Is the Real Bible Church?... The Jesus Seminar: Making Uncomplicated Things Complicated... The Ineffectual Jesus of the Jesus Seminar... more

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Ecumenism & Ecumania

A Trialogue With C.S. Lewis, Martin Luther & Thomas Aquinas… The Catch-22 of Ecumenical Relations With Evangelicals… and more

VIEW DOSSIER
Neoconservatism

Delusions of Grandeur... A Pox On Both Your Houses... What Is a Neoconservative & Does It Matter?... and more

VIEW DOSSIER

Stand up and defend your faith.

Culture is shifting, but you can count on The New Oxford Review for an unwavering Catholic point of view. The message of the Church is easily muddled in today’s increasingly hostile, secular culture. We understand what’s coming at you, and we have articles and resources to help you defend your faith and grow in your understanding of Catholic teachings.

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